Buggy-boot



(No Model.)

P. M. BARNES.

BUGGY BOOT. No. 391,009. Patented Oct. 16, 1888.

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By 94% W .dttorn y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILO M. BARNES, OF LOOKPORT, NEW YORK.

BUGGY-BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,009, dated October16, 1888.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILO M. BARNES, a citizen of the United States,residing in Lookport, in the county of Niagara and State of New York,have invented certain new and usefullmprovementsin Buggy-Boots,of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in boots for buggies, andwill be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which a Figure 1 is aperspective view of a portion of a light wagon showing my inventionconnected thereto. Fig. 2 is an inside view of a buggy-boot complete.Fig. 3 is also an inside or under side view of a buggyboot, showing thesupportingframe in place before the last covering is put on. Fig. at isa perspective view of the supporting-frame, and Fig. 5 is an enlargedsectional elevation through line a I), Fig. 2.

The outside or shell 1 and its inclined portion 2 is made of wood pulpor Manila fiber. The rear portion, 1, is provided with adownwardly-projecting edge or rim, 3, adapted to fit the back part of awagon or bugg ,and the inclined portion 2 is a thin flat piece adaptedto lie on and be secured to the inclined edges of a wagon or buggy. Thewood pulp or Manila fiber is rendered sufficiently soft to be worked bybeing soaked in water, and is then pressed over a metallic frame, 4,which brings it into the proper shape and allows the edges 3 to beformed over into shape, and is then held in shape by any well-knownmeans until dry. During the process of drying it shrinks to a certainextent; consequently the frame 4 is removed and a smaller one, 5, (seeFig. 3,) adapted to fit, is put in its place. When it is formed andthoroughly dry, it is cleaned and smoothed off and then soaked in boiledlinseed-oil, which renders it water-proof and brings it into a conditionthat it can neither shrink nor warp. It is 110w coated withenameled-leather varnish and put into an oven and baked untilsufficiently hard and dry. It is then lined on the inside with a heavycanvas, 6, (see Fig. 5,) to make it stiffer and stronger, the canvasbeing secured thereto by glue or other suitable cement. A covering ofcloth, 7, or other similar material fora finish, is now put on andsecured by glue or cement.

The boot when complete is provided with two long straps, 8, and twoshort ones, 9, (see Figs. 2 and 5,) secured thereto in any wellknownwayi'or instance, by the rivets 10. It is held in place by pins 12 orscrews to the under side of the seat 13, substantiallyas shown in Fig.1.

By this construction a very strong and durable water-proof buggy'boot isformed and the outer portion is entirely in one piece without seams.

I claim as my invention- 1. A buggy-boot consisting of an outer portionor body, 1 2, of water-proof fibrous mate rial formed into shape overametal frame and strengthened by an inside lining of heavy canvasprovided with a covering over the canvas, substantially as described.

2. A buggyboot consisting of the body water-proof portion 1 2, formedwithout seams and secured by a metal frame, and a lining of canvashaving a covering of cloth and provided with straps 8 9, substantiallyas described.

3. A buggy boot consisting of the body'poc tion 1 2, formedwithoutseams, of wood pulp, and provided with a metallicstrengtheningframe, and a lining of heavy canvas on the inside having acovering of cloth, and having straps 8 9, substantially as and for thepurposes deseribed.

4. In a buggy-boot, the combination of the body 1, 2, and 3,strengtheningframe 5, canvas lining 6, covering of cloth 7, and straps 89, substantially as described.

PHILO M. BARNES.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES SANGS'IER, AMOS W. SANGSTER.

